"But I'm not a Huns, I'm a Han!"

Zhao Ponu glared at Zhao Xin.

"I am from Jiuyuan County, and I am a true Han Chinese from the Border County!"

Xin Zhao laughed: "Oh, then go back to Dahan now and see if they accept you?"

Zhao Ponu choked and remained silent.

He was originally a border resident from Jiuyuan County. He was a commoner rather than a son of a good family. He was arrested for fighting when he was young.

Originally, the folk customs in border counties were martial, and everyone, regardless of gender, could ride a horse and bend a bow, and their tempers were often irritable.

A few half-grown-up teenagers got angry, and it was normal for them to throw a few reckless moves at each other!

As long as no one is killed, let alone the government, even the parents will not care!

It's also his bad luck.

It happened that the new governor took office at that time, and he was a famous cruel official. It is said that he offended too many people in the court and lost his favor, so he was sent to the border county to become the governor.

There should not be too many similar examples during the Han and Wu dynasties.

When a cruel official takes office as a local official, the first fire is often not just a simple one, but must completely burn some of them.

Zhao Ponu unfortunately belongs to this group!

It was just a group fight, with both sides using knives and guns, but the most serious thing was just scratches, which would not be a big deal under normal circumstances!

As a result, at that time, he was punished as a city dan for the rest of his life!

What is that concept?

Let's put it this way, no prisoner who is punished as a prisoner can survive more than a year!

If you encounter a boss with bad intentions, you may not be able to survive for a month!

lifetime?

That is simply working hard until you die of exhaustion. For prisoners who are punished with this kind of punishment, neither the supervisor nor your colleagues will treat you as a human being!

Anyway, it’s useless to die!

Zhao Ponu had no choice but to hold his breath and run away.

When children from border counties wanted to flee, they usually fled northward out of the Han's jurisdiction and entered the territory of the Xiongnu.

Then either they would be captured by the Huns and become sheep slaves, or they could wait until the next time the Huns invaded the border and find a random person from the village who had been slaughtered to pretend to be a person and re-enter the household registration.

Both of these are good luck.

If you are unlucky, there are countless ways to die waiting for you on the vast grassland!

Even if you are lucky enough to survive, after being reduced to a prairie savage, you will be no different from a wild beast.

Zhao Ponu is one of those people who has good luck and bad luck.

This guy's moral bottom line is very high. He would rather go hungry than rob a village, let alone assume the identity of a dead person.

I had no choice but to hunt alone on the grassland, and occasionally steal things from small tribes.

In the end, he couldn't escape and was caught by Xin Zhao himself while hunting!

At that time, Zhao Xin had just returned to the Huns, and was made the second king by Yi Zhixie. Hundreds of Xiongnu tribes and thousands of affiliated tribes were given to him as Zhao Xin's "fief".

While Zhao Xinzhi was very proud, he was also in urgent need of confidants he could trust.

It happened that Zhao Ponu was very good at riding and shooting, and he also had some talent in fighting.

He was alone again, helpless on the grassland, so he simply took him under his command!

Zhao Ponu was so hungry that he had only one breath left. His survival instinct and Zhao Xin's fluent Chinese made him let down his guard and choose to surrender.

Later, during an operation to suppress tribes who disobeyed Zhao Xin's military orders, Zhao Ponu was promoted to centurion because of his bravery and prowess in battle, and became Zhao Xin's personal soldier.

Then, in order to consolidate his prestige, Zhao Xin continued to suppress and plunder the surrounding tribes that were unwilling to submit to the Xiongnu, or that began to waver because of the military superiority of the Han Dynasty.

Zhao Ponu has repeatedly made meritorious deeds, and now he is already a captain of ten thousand men!

In order to win over him, Zhao Xin even gave Zhao Ponu tens of thousands of herdsmen, allowing him to form his own tribe and guard it around his royal tent.

A dozen Xiongnu tribes and hundreds of vassal tribes were also given to Zhao Ponu.

It can be said that you don’t care!

Even the other generals and leaders of the Xiongnu, Wuhuan and other tribes under Zhao Xin have long regarded Zhao Ponu as a true Xiongnu warrior because of his bravery in battle and his generous conduct.

They are treated completely differently from those Han people who surrendered to the Xiongnu!

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is Zhao Xin deliberately cultivating another "Zhongxingshuo" as his right-hand man in the Huns!

It stands to reason that with this preferential treatment, Zhao Ponu had to go into exile in the grassland because of the cruel officials of the Han Dynasty, so he should be loyal to the Huns from now on.

But quite the opposite!

It was entirely because of Zhao Xin's kindness that Zhao Ponu stayed in the tribe of the second king and still considered himself a Han!

For Zhao Xin, the second king, it is better to say "righteousness" than "loyalty".

Totally a repayment of gratitude!

Zhao Ponu himself never concealed this fact and often emphasized to other Huns that he was a Han and did not want to be an enemy of the Han Dynasty.

But I don’t know if it’s because everything must be reversed, or if Zhao Ponu is too dazzling in ordinary battles, but no one is dissatisfied with him because of this!

In particular, other Hu generals and leaders under Zhao Xin often used this incident to joke with Zhao Ponu, as if he was really a young Huns who mistakenly thought of himself as a Han!

Even if there were people who were dissatisfied with Zhao Ponu's identity issue, they would always use the tone of an elder lecturing a junior, and tell him earnestly that you are a warrior of the Great Huns and have nothing to do with the Han Dynasty.

Even if his name is "Po Nu"!

Even this time Zhao Xin was ordered to attack Shanggu County, Zhao Ponu repeatedly expressed his unwillingness to be enemies of the Han people and did not want to fight.

But he was still pulled out!

No one thought he might betray, and everyone thought this was a good opportunity for this kid to recognize his "Hun" nature!

It's not magical.

But thinking about the courtesy that Xin Zhao received in the Han Dynasty, he became the "former general" among the four generals "front, rear, left and right" who had the actual power to lead troops.

Even famous generals like Wei Qing were confident that when they attacked the Huns, Xin Zhao could lead an army alone and shoulder important combat tasks!

Su Jian was still Zhao Xin's general at that time. Can you believe that he had to obey Zhao Xin's military orders?

Zhao Xin surrendered to the Han Dynasty, but did not submit the surrender certificate, and became the sworn enemy of the Huns!

And after Zhao Xin was besieged by most of the Xiongnu, he surrendered and rebelled without any psychological burden. This shows that this is not because Liu Che and Wei Qing know people wisely and employ them without trust.

Now, in Zhao Ponu's body, Zhao Xin, as a person who surrendered and then rebelled, actually reenacted Liu Che's scene.

It can be seen that the human heart is so magical sometimes.

All in all, Zhao Ponu became a vanguard general in such a muddle-headed manner.

Leading 10,000 elite Xiongnu troops and 30,000 cavalry from Wuhuan, Donghu, Kangju and other vassal tribes, they approached Juyong Pass in large numbers.

On the day Tang Qi and Huo Qubing arrived at Juyongguan and successfully met with Lu Fang.

The Yulin army scouts who were sent away by Huo Qubing hurriedly returned and reported important military information.
Chapter completed!